The Ethical Mirror

“Wanneer de waarheid aan het licht komt, zal de rest volgen.” – Alan Bates

“When the truth comes out, the rest will follow.” – Alan Bates

Princess Delphine, daughter of King Albert II — a living reminder that truth cannot be erased, no matter how long it is denied. Her presence speaks not of royalty, but of courage — and of a battle for truth waged with dignity.

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When institutions fail, humanity suffers. This page reflects on truth, justice, and why rebuilding with empathy is essential for a society worth believing in.

1 A Near Miss: The Case That Could Have Broken a Life

Liam Allan — not just a student, but a symbol of how easily justice can lose its way when conscience is ignored. Wrongly accused. Nearly ruined. His case asks us all: What is justice without truth — or conscience?

2 The Hidden Daughter: A Fight for Recognition and Truth
A Battle-Hardened Society

Pushed to my last resort
I took my father to court
It was all over the news
The family was not amused

Justice is a nonsense word

That does not exist in this world

Delphine Boël
Born on 22 February 1968

Be your last resort
idiom

Battle-Hardend
Toughened by the experience of battle

Collins English Dictionary.

To be the only person or thing that might be able to help you, when every other person or possibility has failed:

You have to help me – you’re my last resort.

Cambridge Dictionary

Hard-fought
Achieved after a lot of difficulty or fighting
A hard-fought victory

Cambridge Dictionary

The Secret Princess: King’s love child in court battle for recognition | 60 Minutes Australia

11 okt. 2020

Game of Thrones (2020) 60 MINUTES reporter Liam Bartlett used to consider the British Royal family to be the masters – and mistresses – of scandal. Now he thinks they may have to hand over their crown to the Belgian Royal family, who have sensationally been ordered to acknowledge and recognise a brand-new princess. However, this decree is not a reason for official celebration on the streets of Brussels because, rather embarrassingly, the new royal is the 52-year-old love child of the former King, Albert II. Back in the 1960s when he was a prince, the supposedly happily married and deeply religious Albert took a long-term lover. Delphine Boel was the surprise consequence of the illicit affair. For most of her life she dutifully kept mum about her lineage, until a bitter falling out with her father changed her mind.
 
For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

Trials Are About Truth,

Not About Winning.

What Albert II did to Delphine was anything but royal.

People say he has caused her a lot of pain.

Throwing mud on someone else’s carpet is not the soap for your own.

Princess Delphine had to wage a battle

against her father to be acknowledged.

After a seven-year struggle, a court ruled Delphine and her children had won the right to royal tiltes.

She has since been officially recognised as a Princess of Belgium.

At minute 14 in the video above, Princess Delphine adds:

“Albert’s side and his lawyers were horrible.”

It is an emotional victory.

For the former king, a humiliating defeat.

A battle fought not for money or fame,

but on the principle that a father should always look out for his kids.

Delphine says:
“I am proud of myself because it was difficult, and I had to fight for something that truly belongs to me and to my children. I hope that what I’ve done can help other people not to give up — and that’s very special for me. I feel very proud because I know how important it is. It really is important to know where you come from.”

‘There, he messed it up entirely for himself.’

This is the expression as it appeared in the newspaper about Albert II.

“Daar heeft hij het voor zichzelf helemaal kapot gemaakt”

This is the original Dutch text.

3 Grooming Gangs and a Broken System

‘I Was Raped Over 1,000 Times’ | Grooming Gang Victim Shares Harrowing Story From Age 14 In Telford

 

11 jan 2025 #groominggangs #uknews #gbnews

A grooming victim from Telford shares the horrors she experienced from age 14 at the hands of Pakistani rape gangs.

Watch Charlie Peters’ full documentary: • Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame – The full…

4 The Reality We Cannot Look Away From
5 “Can We Still Talk?” — The Call for Justice and Dialogue

Former Post Office boss Alan Cook challenged during inquiry over treatment of jailed sub-postmasters

 

11 jan 2025 #groominggangs #uknews #gbnews

A grooming victim from Telford shares the horrors she experienced from age 14 at the hands of Pakistani rape gangs.

Watch Charlie Peters’ full documentary: • Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame – The full…

6 The weight of injustice goes beyond what words can bear.

The haunting poem by David Van Reybrouck.

It is a cry of moral anguish, political despair, and human empathy.

The repetition of “Ik kan het niet meer aanzien” (I can no longer bear to see it)
gives the poem a relentless rhythm — mirroring the unstoppable horror it portrays.

7 The Queen of Keeping Up: A Knockout Performance of Delusion
🟣 Korte intro

Soms leert een komische scène ons meer over menselijk gedrag dan een serieuze analyse. In deze aflevering van Keeping Up Appearances zien we hoe een misverstand, een vleugje ijdelheid en verkeerd vertrouwen leiden tot een moment van chaos — en een verrassend rake les over hoe het mis kan gaan wanneer autoriteit blindelings wordt gevolgd.

🟣 Short Introduction 

Sometimes a comedy scene teaches us more about human nature than a serious analysis ever could. In this episode of Keeping Up Appearances, we witness how a misunderstanding, a touch of vanity, and misplaced trust lead to chaos — and a surprisingly sharp lesson about what happens when authority is accepted without question.

Hyacinth’s Royal Debut Was a Real Knockout | Keeping Up Appearances

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Suggestive
adjective

Often used to describe something that makes people think about sex:
Some of his lyrics are rather suggestive.

Cambridge Dictionary
🎭 A Lesson in Misplaced Trust — Hyacinth, Emmet, and the Knockout Curtain

Smearing others won’t cleanse your own conscience.

In Dutch: “De modder op het kleed van uw naarste is niet de zeep voor uw eigen kleed.”

“Throwing mud on your neighbor’s carpet is not the soap for your own.”

Wim Anker (in response to Moszkowicz’s accusations)

In deze context echoot het citaat van Adriaan Roland Holst een diep gevoel van dienstbaarheid aan waarheid en gerechtigheid — zelfs wanneer er geen zichtbare beloning is, geen “oogst”. Het past perfect bij de toon van de site: verhalen vertellen vanuit morele betrokkenheid, zonder persoonlijk gewin, in dienst van iets dat groter is dan jezelf.

Je zou kunnen zeggen:

Het is een ode aan wie in stilte, met overtuiging, werkt aan het zichtbaar maken van onrecht — niet om er iets voor terug te krijgen, maar omdat het hun plicht is.

In this context, the quote by Adriaan Roland Holst echoes a deep sense of service to truth and justice — even when there is no visible reward, no ‘harvest.’ It fits perfectly with the tone of the site: telling stories out of moral commitment, without personal gain, in service of something greater than oneself.

You might say:

It is an ode to those who work quietly, with conviction, to expose injustice — not to reap rewards, but because it is their duty.